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Ghana

Birds, destinations and field guides for Ghana.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 667
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 4

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Birds you are likely to see in Ghana

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Yellow-fronted Canary

Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

Common Whitethroat

Common Whitethroat Curruca communis

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

Thick-billed Weaver

Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-billed Firefinch

Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

Plan

Where to go birding in Ghana

Kakum National Park

Ghana Kakum National Park Upper Guinea rainforest with a famous canopy walkway.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Best
AApril: Good
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Poor or no data
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Read

Field guides for Ghana

The Birds of Ghana L.G. Grimes, 1987 Ghana All levels

Field Guide to the Birds of Ghana

Field Guide to the Birds of Ghana Nik Borrow et al., 2022 Ghana Travelling birders

Birds of Western Africa

Birds of Western Africa Nik Borrow et al., 2005 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and more All levels

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara J. C. Sinclair et al., 2004 Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and more Travelling birders